Peter von Lengerke (politician)
Peter von Lengerke (born July 18, 1651 in Hamburg ; † November 18, 1709 there ) was a German lawyer and mayor of the Hanseatic city of Hamburg.
Life
Peter von Lengerke was the son of the Hamburg merchant Johannes von Lengerke († 1664 or 1665) from Lübeck and the grandson of Lübeck councilor Georg von Lengerke . After the death of his father, he attended the Fridericianum Schwerin , the Pforta state school and the academic high school in Hamburg and studied law at the universities of Helmstedt and Leiden . In Helmstedt he wrote a congratulatory letter in 1672 on the occasion of Johann Heinrich Bötticher's doctorate with Hulderich von Eyben . In 1675 he went on his Grand Tour through Europe. In 1677 he received his doctorate to obtain a licentiate in both rights at the University of Basel , where he is also documented as a respondent . He returned to Hamburg and was initially a lawyer , then in 1681 a judge at the lower court. In 1688 he was elected councilor of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg. As such he was also ambassador , and represented the city at the courts in Munster and Vienna . From 1697 until his death he was one of Hamburg's mayors. A mayor's penny was minted on his death .
He was married to Anna Margaretha Westermann (1654–1718), daughter of councilor Caspar Westermann (1622–1688). The Canon Caspar von Lengerke was his son. The daughter Margaretha married the mayor Johann Anderson (1674-1743).
Fonts
- Dissertatio Inauguralis Iuridica De Foro Competenti / Quam ... in perantiqua almaq [ue] Rauracorum Universitate ... Publicae Eruditorum censurae subiicit Petrus de Lengerke Hamburgensis. The 5th Octobris Anno MDCLXXVII. Basileae: Brandmyller 1677 ( digitized version , University Library Göttingen )
literature
- Friedrich Georg Buek : Peter von Lengerke, JUL In: Genealogical and biographical notes on the mayors of Hamburg who have died since the Reformation . Johann August Meißner, Hamburg 1840, OCLC 166067441 , p. 151–157 ( digitized from Google Books [accessed March 5, 2015]).
- Georg Wilhelm Dittmer : Genealogical and biographical news about Lübeck families from earlier times , Lübeck 1859, p. 54 ( digitized version )
- Hans Schröder : Lexicon of the Hamburg writers up to the present: Volume: Klincker-Lyser. Continued by FA Cropp and CRW Klose. [1858–1866], Perthes-Besser et al. Mauke, Hamburg 1866, No. 2229 ( digitized version )
- Werner von Melle : Lengerke, Peter von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 255.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Emil Ferdinand Fehling : Lübeckische Ratslinie , Lübeck 1925, No. 745
- ^ Images of the mayor's penny of Peter von Lengerke
- ^ Hans Schröder: Westermann (Caspar, JUL) . In: Lexicon of Hamburg writers up to the present . tape 7 , no. 4301 . Association for Hamburg History, Hamburg 1879, OCLC 165098723 ( facsimile on the website of the State and University Library Hamburg [accessed on March 5, 2015]). Facsimile ( memento of the original dated December 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lengerke, Peter von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and mayor of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1651 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 18, 1709 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |